SIR - I had to write in response to Fabian Williams' letter in the Chronicle (August 2). On behalf of the traders in Parchment Street, I have to say we are in agreement with many of the points he raised, but there are a few things that need to be clarified
SIR - The hot weather has at last arrived, with the predictable, and predicted, consequences on our household rubbish. However much one recycles, most food rubbish, and all of the smelliest food rubbish, goes in a bin that is now collected fortnightly
SIR - I thoroughly support Alan Weeks of Winchester City Residents' Association in his plea to the council to go back to weekly collections. I was also horrified to find my bin infested with maggots, despite paying particular attention to food hygiene
SIR - Regarding the news item Maggots Caused By Fortnightly Collection' (Chronicle, August 2). Visiting my daughter and caring for my grandchildren this week, I have had to endure the smell from the dustbin just outside the front door. These properties
WINCHESTER'S city centre manager has described his frustration over delays to a key project to help the local economy. Graham's Love's plans for a Winchester Business Centre have been put back at least six months. The four organisations at the centre
THE family of a "doting" mum and her four-year-old child found dead at their Winchester home have spoken of their devastation. The bodies of Kirsty O'Connell, 21, and her son Patrick, known as PJ, were discovered in their two-bedroom flat in Woolford
CITY chiefs have ruled out an early return to weekly food waste bin collections, despite recommendations from a Government-funded body. Winchester City Council said this week that it would look at the Waste and Resources Action Programme's (WRAP) calls
THE parent company of O'Neill's in Winchester has been handed a record-breaking £36,000 fine for breaches of food hygiene regulations at the outlet. Mitchell and Butler pleaded guilty to nine counts of food hygiene breaches at Basingstoke Magistrates
RESIDENTS in a Winchester street have been told to dispose of their own garden waste - because it is unsafe to collect from their road. Households in Legion Lane, Kings Worthy, were told Serco - the company which operates the city council's refuse collections
DRUG dealing and anti-social behaviour have prompted police to expel the occupants of a house in West End. Officers officially closed down the house on Tuesday, after obtaining a Crack House Closure Order from Southampton magistrates under the Anti-Social
A POPULAR agricultural show could be affected by the current Foot and Mouth disease outbreak, it is feared. Organisers of the Alresford Show - due to be held on Saturday, September 1 - have said it is likely they will go ahead without the livestock part
PASSENGERS will not be directly consulted over the possible closure of the travel and information centre at Winchester railway station, according to its operator. As reported in last week's Chronicle, South West Trains has confirmed that it is looking
A TEN-year-old North Baddesley schoolboy is taking part in a five-mile hike to help raise cash towards finding a cure for diabetes. Daniel Cooke, who is an insulin-dependent diabetic himself, will be putting his best foot forward for the Juvenile Diabetes
